(a) If there is a reason-to-believe finding of abuse
or neglect of a child that is not in the managing conservatorship
of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) and
the home also has children that are in DFPS's managing conservatorship,
we must notify:
(1) The court having jurisdiction;
(2) The attorney ad litem;
(3) The guardian ad litem, if one is appointed; and
(4) The child's parents.
(b) If a law enforcement investigation of a report
of abuse or neglect involving a child in a DFPS foster or pre-consummated
adoptive home results in criminal indictment of either of the foster
or adoptive parents, DFPS will close the home unless the regional
director, in consultation with a Child Protective Services State Office
Director, determines that there is not a continuing risk of substantial
harm to children placed there and the indicted perpetrator is out
of the home.
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